ITV West feature on West Somerset railway

infoman

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ITV West feature on West Somerset railway

« on: May 31, 2025, 06:13:16 »

ITV West to celebrate 70 years of ITV,

had an item on the West Somerset railway from 1978 on the local news at 6pm on Friday 30 May 2025,enjoyable.


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Witham Bobby

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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2025, 12:14:29 »

Quote from: infoman on May 31, 2025, 06:13:16

ITV West to celebrate 70 years of ITV,

had an item on the West Somerset railway from 1978 on the local news at 6pm on Friday 30 May 2025,enjoyable.

Was this the archive item about the 1978 blizzard?

Days I remember very well indeed. When the WSR had the purpose of being a useful public transport link for the people of West Somerset, and remembered all those people who queued for hours at Minehead station a couple of years earlier to buy shares that they'd been told would bring their Taunton trains back

The blizzard that very nearly killed me at the age of not yet 23


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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2025, 17:48:53 »

Quote from: Witham Bobby on June 02, 2025, 12:14:29

Days I remember very well indeed. When the WSR had the purpose of being a useful public transport link for the people of West Somerset, and remembered all those people who queued for hours at Minehead station a couple of years earlier to buy shares that they'd been told would bring their Taunton trains back.

And they are still waiting… Roll Eyes


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Re: ITV West feature on West Somerset railway

« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2025, 20:25:24 »

Quote from: Timmer on June 02, 2025, 17:48:53

And they are still waiting… Roll Eyes

Minehead ... Portishead ... Go-op ... Corsham ... Tavistock ... threre are so many schemes that would benefit form a JFDI^▸ approach. Thinking as applied at Workington North and for rail-road interchange at Tiverton Parkway.


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